May 1458 in history

Born in May 1458

May 2

Eleanor of Viseu
a Portuguese infanta and later queen consort of Portugal.

May 25

Mahmud Begada
the most prominent sultan of Gujarat.
He was the great-grandson of Ahmad Shah I, the founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty, and of the city of Ahmedabad in the present-day state of Gujarat, India. He was known to be quite religious. By his conquests, he expanded the territory of the Gujarat Sultanate to its maximum till its conquest of Malwa, and ruled for 43 years. He titled himself, Sultân al-Barr, Sultân al-Bahr, 'Sultan of the Land, Sultan of the Sea'

Died in May 1458

May 22

Humphrey Stafford Earl of Stafford
the son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville.